LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers ended August with the kind of win they'll need to repeat throughout September if they want to keep playing in October.
After double-clutch home runs from Kiké Hernandez in the seventh inning to tie and Justin Turner in the eighth for the lead, Kenley Jansen turned back into Kenley Jansen in the ninth to save a 3-2 win over the D-backs on Friday night that again left the Dodgers one game out of first place in the National League West.
The four-game showdown series is deadlocked at a tight win apiece, although read between the lines of the postgame comments and this was as close to a must-win game as the Dodgers have had all season.